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author | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2012-10-11 13:55:04 +0400 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2012-10-11 13:55:04 +0400 |
commit | a0f0dd57f4a85310d9936f1770a0424b49fef876 (patch) | |
tree | 2f85b8b67dda13d19b02ca39e0fbef921cb1cf8b /Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt | |
parent | 2a552d5e63d7fa602c9a9a0717008737f55625a6 (diff) | |
parent | 846a136881b8f73c1f74250bf6acfaa309cab1f2 (diff) | |
download | linux-a0f0dd57f4a85310d9936f1770a0424b49fef876.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'fixes' into for-linus
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt index 4911cf95c67e..4cd076febb02 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt @@ -174,3 +174,25 @@ following: That way we can inject an arbitrary amount of code as replacement for a single instruction. This allows us to check for pending interrupts when setting EE=1 for example. + +Hypercall ABIs in KVM on PowerPC +================================= +1) KVM hypercalls (ePAPR) + +These are ePAPR compliant hypercall implementation (mentioned above). Even +generic hypercalls are implemented here, like the ePAPR idle hcall. These are +available on all targets. + +2) PAPR hypercalls + +PAPR hypercalls are needed to run server PowerPC PAPR guests (-M pseries in QEMU). +These are the same hypercalls that pHyp, the POWER hypervisor implements. Some of +them are handled in the kernel, some are handled in user space. This is only +available on book3s_64. + +3) OSI hypercalls + +Mac-on-Linux is another user of KVM on PowerPC, which has its own hypercall (long +before KVM). This is supported to maintain compatibility. All these hypercalls get +forwarded to user space. This is only useful on book3s_32, but can be used with +book3s_64 as well. |